Shoe-shining cabinet



' Mar. .6, 1923...

L KATZ SHOE SHINING CABINET.

FILED MN I? 1922 Patented I Mar. 6, 1923.

PATENT OFFlCE.

LEON KATZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-SHINING- CABINET.

Application filed January 17, 1922. Serial No. 529,935.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON KA'rz, a citizen of Poland, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes Shining Cabinets, of which the following is a specificatlon.

My invention relates to cabinets and has particular reference to those used in the cleaning and polishing of footwear, the main object being to provide a box, easily moved from place to place, and having, a number of compartments in which all the necessary requisites for polishing shoes are stored.

Another object is to provide a footrest secured to the cover board which can be presented for use or made to disappear into the cabinet by simple manipulation of the cover.

These and other objects will become apparent in the description following in which characters of reference refer to the likenamed parts in the drawing.

Briefly describing the views of the drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my invention in which the shoe pOliShing means are concealed.

Figure 2 is a similar perspective V ew showing the cabinet when used for polishing shoes.

Referring more in detail to the drawing the numeral 10 indicates the sides having a bottom 12 attached thereto to form a box' Legs 11 are secured to the lower corners and are adapted to retain the cabinet clear off the floor.

The interior of the box is divided into small compartments 13 and a large compartment 14: by intermediate wall members 15. Covers 16 secured to the upper surface of the box by hinges 17 are adapted to cover the compartments 13 only. The center cover board 18 rests upon the surface of the cabinet covering compartment 14 and has angular pivot members 19 secured to the opposite ends. Slide straps 20 pivotally secured to members 19 have slots 21 which engage screws '22-, the latter secured to the sides 10. Lifting the center board upwardly and rotating the same about the pivot screws 22 will present the reverse surface 23 of the board and can thereafter be permitted to rest again upon the box. Then the end flaps 16 are folded back into the position shown in Fig. 1 and thus they prevent side slipping of the panel 18.

An upright rib 24 secured to the surface 23 forms a base for the footrest 24. Studs 25 are secured to the same surface and rotatably receive the ends of guide rollers 26- which are set parallel to the side of the footrest 24. Compartments 13 are each furnished with receptacles in the form of blocks 27 for the purpose of storing shoe paste or the like. The remainder of the compartment is utilized for the storing of shine rags and brushes. The remaining compartment is furnished with similar articles but adapted to be used on a different color of shoe.

To illustrate the method of using my invention, a shoe indicated by the numeral 28 is shown in proper position on the foot rest 2d. A polishing rag 29 is then taken from a compartment positioned over the tip of the shoe and allowed to slip under the rollers 26. The extending ends of the rag are then pulled to and fro over the tip of the shoe.

Obviously the rollers eliminate the necessity of turning and manipulating the rag and also make positive that all the surface of the tip will have been touched by the rag. After the shoes have been shined, the rag and other necessities can be returned to their respective chambers, center board can again be lifted and rotated and allowed to drop with the plain side up in which position it can be used as a low seat. 

